roger_rethinker
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On Blogger since January 2011
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My blogs
- mesogrid
- dcgrid
- Ballistic Breakerâ„¢: The Arc-Free Circuit Breaker for DC or AC Power
- RethinkRespironi...
- Electric Pipeline Corporation
- Living in a Wheelchair
- Rethinking and reinventing tomorrow
Blogs I follow
- Bury the Northern Pass
- opsmail.theengineer.co.uk/public/read_message.jsp;jsessionid=0;apw73?sigreq=1245456260
Gender | Male |
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Industry | Engineering |
Occupation | Research & Development, Intellectual property, Consulting |
Location | Davidson, NC North Carolina, United States |
Links | Audio Clip |
Introduction | I have been pulled in three major directions in my life: science, (especially as it applies to inventions); policy (especially energy and resource policy, including political activism); and entrepreneurship. My number one goal in life is to bring The supergrid closer to reality through my inventions. I believe a supergrid is the only practical way to enable a renewable energy–based economy. |
Interests | Really passionate about slowing climate change and breaking our addiction to fossil fuels before it is too late. My piece of that puzzle is to advocate for a supergrid, and to contribute to making the supergrid possible technologically. My two particular contributions are elpipes (underground high capacity, high efficiency transmission lines), and Ballistic Breakers, which are a key technology to enable DC grids at several different power levels, from microgrids to supergrids. I joined Alevo and brought my inventions with me; This over archingCallIs on pause right now, Until I canGain access to my own patents in that area.I am using this timeTo document some other very large inventions I have before I die. |
Favorite Movies | "In America" "Whale Rider" for example...you might say these are "chick flicks;" certainly they are not action films. |
Favorite Music | snippets: Jimmy Cliff "You can get it if you really want, " Cat Stevens "On the road to find out, " Beethoven:Symphony #7 |
Favorite Books | Saul Bellow, Tom Wolf For example |
Why do you think honeydew is the money melon?
It is gold colored. Thank God we gave up on the gold standard.